Silver polish recommendations? (cleaner, cleaning, outside, worth)

[CalWorth]

I want to give my daughter the silver baby cup that my sister had made for her, long ago. I keep forgetting because it’s all tarnished & I want to shine it up for her, but I don’t own silver, therefore no longer have silver polish.

Are there any common household products that will polish sterling silver?

[Pitt Chick]

Weiman Silver Polish, available at hardware stores and on amazon

[Threerun]

We use Flitz for all our metal polishing.

[K'ledgeBldr]

I suggest Tarn-X.

The biggest problem with using polishes is they have grit- which removes not only the tarnish, but also some metal. Tarn-X is a chemical process that removes tarnish without removing metal.

[harry chickpea]

Originally Posted by CalWorth

I want to give my daughter the silver baby cup that my sister had made for her, long ago. I keep forgetting because it’s all tarnished & I want to shine it up for her, but I don’t own silver, therefore no longer have silver polish.

Are there any common household products that will polish sterling silver?

For something like you describe, this should work:

https://www.armandhammer.com/article...-polish-silver

For some items, polishing and cleaning is more critical, such as native American jewelry. Cleaning outside of accepted ways can damage and lower value.

[CalWorth]

^^Thanks!

[kab0906]

Wrights silver cream.

We have old, old silver passed down for generations. This is what we use on it.

[clevergirl67]

If it's sterling silver, Bar Keepers Friend, $2.72 for 26oz at Walmart. It cleans everything, not just silver, so you're not stuck with a tin of silver cleaner you might not use again for a long time, if ever.

[UNC4Me]

Originally Posted by kab0906

Wrights silver cream.

We have old, old silver passed down for generations. This is what we use on it.

Me too. Always have used Wrights. And I like it being a paste like consistency instead of runny like some silver polish.

[old_cold]

For small items, I've always used an ammonia dip